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Economic Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Economic Times
NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Hints for Wednesday, August 6, 2025, revealed
With The Mini's popularity steadily growing, fans can expect continued innovation in clue difficulty, puzzle themes, and perhaps more collaborations across the NYT's ever-expanding digital game slate Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads A Mini Ritual in a Mega World Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Hints for the NYT Mini Across Clues – August 6, 2025 1 Across: Stylish — HINT: Ends with the letter 'P' 4 Across: Something a beach umbrella provides — HINT: Starts with the letter 'S' 6 Across: ___ Banks, North Carolina — HINT: Begins with an 'O' 7 Across: Unlikely to keep you up at night, in a way — HINT: Ends in 'F' 8 Across: The eruption of Mount St. Helens released 520 million tons of it — HINT: Starts with an 'A' Hints for the NYT Mini Down Clues – August 6, 2025 1 Down: Come out of one's shell — HINT: Begins with 'H' 2 Down: Bright ___ — HINT: Ends with an 'A' 3 Down: 'Fab!' — HINT: Starts with a 'P' 4 Down: Starry or Squirt — HINT: Begins with 'S' 5 Down: Color tones — HINT: Ends in 'S' NYT Mini Crossword Answers – Across Grid 1 Across: HIP — A three-letter word signifying style and trendiness. 4 Across: SHADE — A beach umbrella's primary function, offering a break from direct sunlight. 6 Across: OUTER — As in 'Outer Banks,' the coastal region in North Carolina. 7 Across: DECAF — A type of coffee that doesn't keep you awake — beloved or reviled depending on your caffeine needs. 8 Across: ASH — Volcanic residue, referencing the infamous Mount St. Helens eruption. NYT Mini Crossword Answers – Down Grid 1 Down: HATCH — Emerging from an egg, or figuratively, from one's shell. 2 Down: IDEA — A spark of inspiration, often described as a 'bright' one. 3 Down: PERF — Short for 'perfect,' often used in colloquial approval. 4 Down: SODA — Fizzy drinks like Starry or Squirt. 5 Down: HUES — A reference to tones and variations in colour, rounding out the puzzle's visual theme. The Rise of the NYT Mini Among Digital Brain Games FAQs What is the NYT Mini Crossword? Is the NYT Mini Crossword free to play? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads In a digital era brimming with bite-sized entertainment and mental challenges, the New York Times Mini Crossword continues to offer a cherished ritual for puzzle lovers. As part of the broader suite of NYT word games, alongside Wordle, Connections, and Strands, the NYT Mini has carved its niche as a concise but satisfying test of vocabulary, wit, and lateral thinking. On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, solvers tackled another compact but clever grid, and for those needing a little push or full-blown solutions, we bring you both the hints and its more extensive sibling, the classic New York Times Crossword, which is available exclusively for paid subscribers, the NYT Mini offers a daily fix for free and resets each evening at 10 p.m. ET. Its accessibility and brevity, usually five across and five down clues, have turned it into a mental warm-up for some and a daily tradition for you're commuting, taking a coffee break, or winding down for the night, the NYT Mini is perfectly designed to slot into your schedule. And today's puzzle was no those wishing to maintain the thrill of the challenge without fully surrendering to spoilers, the following clues serve as helpful nudges rather than outright giveaways. These Across hints steer solvers towards the answer while preserving the joy of deduction, as mentioned in a report by Parade magazine:Clueing in from the vertical axis, the Down hints for today also held a clever mix of literal and lateral interpretations. Here's how the clues teased the mind, as per the Parade magazine report :Once the clues have played their part, many solvers, either out of curiosity or sheer exasperation, seek the final word. For August 6, the Across answers are, as per the Parade magazine report are as follows:Complementing the Across set, the Down answers from today's puzzle reinforced the NYT Mini's reputation for succinct cleverness:The growing appeal of NYT Mini puzzles lies in their compact structure and daily novelty. The game serves not only as a mental exercise but also as a social currency. Online forums, social media platforms, and digital communities are rife with discussions, friendly competitions, and shared screenshots of completion the traditional crossword that often demands encyclopaedic knowledge, the NYT Mini leans on current vernacular, pop culture, and everyday references, making it more accessible to a younger, mobile-savvy NYT Mini Crossword is a bite-sized daily word puzzle by The New York Times. Unlike the larger daily crossword, the Mini offers a quicker and more accessible challenge, typically featuring a 5x5 the NYT Mini is available for free and resets every evening at 10 p.m. ET. It's part of The New York Times games platform but does not require a subscription to play.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
NYT Mini Crossword Answers and Hints for Wednesday, August 6, 2025, revealed
With The Mini's popularity steadily growing, fans can expect continued innovation in clue difficulty, puzzle themes, and perhaps more collaborations across the NYT's ever-expanding digital game slate Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads A Mini Ritual in a Mega World Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Hints for the NYT Mini Across Clues – August 6, 2025 1 Across: Stylish — HINT: Ends with the letter 'P' 4 Across: Something a beach umbrella provides — HINT: Starts with the letter 'S' 6 Across: ___ Banks, North Carolina — HINT: Begins with an 'O' 7 Across: Unlikely to keep you up at night, in a way — HINT: Ends in 'F' 8 Across: The eruption of Mount St. Helens released 520 million tons of it — HINT: Starts with an 'A' Hints for the NYT Mini Down Clues – August 6, 2025 1 Down: Come out of one's shell — HINT: Begins with 'H' 2 Down: Bright ___ — HINT: Ends with an 'A' 3 Down: 'Fab!' — HINT: Starts with a 'P' 4 Down: Starry or Squirt — HINT: Begins with 'S' 5 Down: Color tones — HINT: Ends in 'S' NYT Mini Crossword Answers – Across Grid 1 Across: HIP — A three-letter word signifying style and trendiness. 4 Across: SHADE — A beach umbrella's primary function, offering a break from direct sunlight. 6 Across: OUTER — As in 'Outer Banks,' the coastal region in North Carolina. 7 Across: DECAF — A type of coffee that doesn't keep you awake — beloved or reviled depending on your caffeine needs. 8 Across: ASH — Volcanic residue, referencing the infamous Mount St. Helens eruption. NYT Mini Crossword Answers – Down Grid 1 Down: HATCH — Emerging from an egg, or figuratively, from one's shell. 2 Down: IDEA — A spark of inspiration, often described as a 'bright' one. 3 Down: PERF — Short for 'perfect,' often used in colloquial approval. 4 Down: SODA — Fizzy drinks like Starry or Squirt. 5 Down: HUES — A reference to tones and variations in colour, rounding out the puzzle's visual theme. The Rise of the NYT Mini Among Digital Brain Games FAQs What is the NYT Mini Crossword? Is the NYT Mini Crossword free to play? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads In a digital era brimming with bite-sized entertainment and mental challenges, the New York Times Mini Crossword continues to offer a cherished ritual for puzzle lovers. As part of the broader suite of NYT word games, alongside Wordle, Connections, and Strands, the NYT Mini has carved its niche as a concise but satisfying test of vocabulary, wit, and lateral thinking. On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, solvers tackled another compact but clever grid, and for those needing a little push or full-blown solutions, we bring you both the hints and its more extensive sibling, the classic New York Times Crossword, which is available exclusively for paid subscribers, the NYT Mini offers a daily fix for free and resets each evening at 10 p.m. ET. Its accessibility and brevity, usually five across and five down clues, have turned it into a mental warm-up for some and a daily tradition for you're commuting, taking a coffee break, or winding down for the night, the NYT Mini is perfectly designed to slot into your schedule. And today's puzzle was no those wishing to maintain the thrill of the challenge without fully surrendering to spoilers, the following clues serve as helpful nudges rather than outright giveaways. These Across hints steer solvers towards the answer while preserving the joy of deduction, as mentioned in a report by Parade magazine:Clueing in from the vertical axis, the Down hints for today also held a clever mix of literal and lateral interpretations. Here's how the clues teased the mind, as per the Parade magazine report :Once the clues have played their part, many solvers, either out of curiosity or sheer exasperation, seek the final word. For August 6, the Across answers are, as per the Parade magazine report are as follows:Complementing the Across set, the Down answers from today's puzzle reinforced the NYT Mini's reputation for succinct cleverness:The growing appeal of NYT Mini puzzles lies in their compact structure and daily novelty. The game serves not only as a mental exercise but also as a social currency. Online forums, social media platforms, and digital communities are rife with discussions, friendly competitions, and shared screenshots of completion the traditional crossword that often demands encyclopaedic knowledge, the NYT Mini leans on current vernacular, pop culture, and everyday references, making it more accessible to a younger, mobile-savvy NYT Mini Crossword is a bite-sized daily word puzzle by The New York Times. Unlike the larger daily crossword, the Mini offers a quicker and more accessible challenge, typically featuring a 5x5 the NYT Mini is available for free and resets every evening at 10 p.m. ET. It's part of The New York Times games platform but does not require a subscription to play.
Fast Company
30-07-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
These Starry vending machines will give you free soda when it hits 100 degrees outside
DESIGN Think of it as climate change marketing, but for soda. [Rendering: PepsiCo] BY Listen to this Article More info 0:00 / 3:40 For the rest of the summer, Starry is giving away free soda if any part of the U.S. experiences 100-degree weather. The PepsiCo-owned lemon-lime soda brand is offering a limited digital rebate through Labor Day when temps reach 100 degrees anywhere nationwide. Additionally, consumers in select cities have access to special vending machines through the end of July that the company says 'will automatically dispense' free sodas if local temperatures hit or exceed the 100-degree mark. 'When the temperature hits triple digits, Starry shows up big-time,' Michael Smith, VP of flavored carbonated soft drink marketing at PepsiCo, tells Fast Company. Like a fast-food chain that offers free french fries if the local pro baseball team hits a certain number of home runs, Starry is running a conditional giveaway through a promotion that introduces an element of chance and suspense. It also offers a treat in what could otherwise be a crummy situation. It's hot outside. But hey, at least you can get a free soda. Starry's '100 Degrees 100% Off' campaign comes as 100-degree days are increasingly the norm for many parts of the country at this time of year. Death Valley, California—the hottest place in the U.S.—is forecast to reach highs of at least 111 degrees for the next 10 days, according to the Weather Channel. Last year Phoenix set a record with a streak of 100 days when it was at least 100 degrees that stretched from May to September. What starts off as a fun, seasonal promotion is just one extended heat wave away from serving as a grim reminder of the effects of a warming climate. If you're a marketing department looking to limit payouts, designing a trigger campaign based on the possibility of a 100-degree day anywhere in the U.S. from now until after Labor Day isn't a good bet. Read the fine print of the promotion, though, and you'll see there are limits. It's a onetime rebate for a 20-ounce bottle of Starry (at a maximum retail price of $3.99) that requires consumers to scan a QR code and the receipt from a participating retailer while supplies last, or until September 2, 2025. And while Starry is being geographically generous with the 100-degree requirement for its giveaway digitally, physically it's targeting key markets where summers tend to be cooler than in Death Valley: Atlanta, Charlotte, and Miami. Those cities will see out-of-home advertising and the vending machine activation. But Starry's playing it safe, with no vending machines in places like Las Vegas, for example, or Tucson, Arizona. Pepsico tells Fast Company no additional vending machines will appear in other cities at this time. PepsiCo launched Starry in 2023 as a replacement to its own Sierra Mist brand after its market share against Coca-Cola Co.'s Sprite had gone flat. Its mascots are an anamorphic lemon and lime who starred alongside Ice Spice in the brand's Super Bowl ad. PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta said on a company earnings call in 2024 that the brand had a strong first year and was 'over-indexing with Gen Z.' Growing that share could be one key way the company adapts while facing falling snack sales. Starry's '100 Degrees 100% Off' promotion gives the brand a way to tap into triple-digit temperatures, but it also speaks to a larger business imperative. Summer is the beverage industry's most important time of the year, so if PepsiCo hopes to build on Starry's success, there's no better time than now to promote it. The early-rate deadline for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Awards is Friday, September 5, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.
USA Today
25-07-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Beat the summer heat with these drinks deals, from Dunkin' to Panera
A late July heatwave is taking its toll on more than 130 million Americans, who are struggling with high temperatures and humidity due to a slow-moving 'heat dome' that has settled across most of the nation. So how can you beat the heat?With unlimited drinks and cool specials, we've rounded up deals to help you stay cool this week and for the rest of the summer. Here's what you need to know. Starry In recognition of National Refreshment Day on July 23, the lemon-lime soda brand is launching its '100 Degrees, 100% Off' campaign to give away bottles of its soda on days when it's a little too hot outside. For customers across the United States, when temperatures reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher in any part of the country, people can get a free 20-oz. bottle of Starry during the whole of the summer. Residents of Miami, Charlotte, and Atlanta will also receive an extra treat, with Starry vending machines available in their cities. Dunkin The Boston staple is offering $3 Dunkin' Refreshers all summer long. The deal, exclusive for its Dunkin' Rewards members, is available until August 19. For only $3, customers can get a medium Dunkin' Refreshers in one of its many available flavors. The iced drink comes in various flavors, such as Mango Pineapple and Strawberry Dragonfruit. Panera What is quickly becoming a classic for the company, the Panera Unlimited Sip Club is offering new customers two free months when they sign up by July 31. The membership, which costs $14.99 per month, offers customers a wide variety of unlimited drinks, as well as other deals at Panera. Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
Miami Herald
20-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Costco finally makes food court change members demanded
Everyone who drinks soda has had the following exchange. "I'll have a Coke." "Is Pepsi okay?" The restaurant knows it isn't. Pepsi and Coke are not interchangeable and the reality is that most people prefer Coca-Cola products. Related: Costco gives members new benefit that stresses out workers Sprite, for example, is the dominant lemon-lime soda. PepsiCo PEP has a rival for it, Starry, a brand no person has ever intentionally ordered. Sales numbers back this up. In 2024, Coca-Cola was the most popular soda sold in the United States. That was followed by Dr. Pepper and Sprite. Pepsi came in fourth and you have to assume that a lot of those sales were people who ordered a Coke and were forced to accept the substitute. Diet Coke only fell slightly behind Pepsi with the much-superior Coke Zero coming in seventh just below Mointain Dew. Pepsi, of course, has its fans in the same way that some people thought the Monkees were better than the Beatles. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter Still, while people will never fully agree on which cola is better, Coke has a large enough fanbase that when a business opts to serve Pepsi, customers wonder how much the brand paid for that access. Coca-Cola, however, has recently made some major inroads. It's about to replace Pepsi as the official soda of Carnival and it has finally made a major move at Costco. Image source: Shutterstock-Ant DM Given Costco's mission to save money for members, you might expect the chain to make some odd choices. If its food court offered Polar Soda or some other off brand that might have been sold to members as quirky. The warehouse club could also have made an effort to sell its food court concession to some up-and-coming brand. Members might have enjoyed seeing Jones Soda or some other brand looking to make a mark at the warehouse club's popular food court. Instead, Costco, for the past many years, has offered Pepsi at its food court. That meant that anyone ordering its famed $1.50 hot dog deal had no choice but to accept Pepsi along with their sandwich. More Retail: Walmart CEO sounds alarm on a big problem for customersTarget makes a change that might scare Walmart, CostcoTop investor takes firm stance on troubled retail brandWalmart and Costco making major change affecting all customers Costco, however, made the choice earlier this year to end its deal with PepsiCo and replace Pepsi with Coke. That was a move many members were excited about and the change has finally happened. it may take a little longer for your Costco to replace Pepsi with Coke, but the change is coming and it has actually happened at most of the chain's warehouse club locations. While Costco has invested in its digital operations, its food court and other in-store offerings remain incredibly important because most of the company's sales happen in its stores. CFO Gary Millerchip shared some insight on the company's digital business during its third-quarter earnings call. "So, if you just do the sort of math on our business and how we define digital, which, as a reminder, doesn't include the delivery solutions that we offer through Instacart. It doesn't include our travel business where most of it would be online. So, there's a number of elements that I think others might include in the sort of e-commerce business that we wouldn't," he said. Related: Costco members angry about price increase So, while the actual number is bigger, Millerchip shared how the company sees its digital business. "So, on the straight math on how we define it, it would be about 8% of our business. If we included some of the components that others would include, it probably takes it to slightly north of 10%. And then, if you would take gas out of our total sales, which I know, obviously, there isn't any commerce element to gas, it's around the 12% of total sales that we generate today," he added. The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
